Wellfield School
Secondary · Academy converter · Mixed · County Durham
North Road East, Wingate, TS28 5AX
70
headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
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No graded inspection
Application demand
100%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
90.2%
28.3% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
862
Capacity used
Has space85%
1,011 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
100%
1st preference success rate
142 of 142 families who put it first got an offer
164
Places offered
253
Total applications
1.5
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 142 | 142 | ● 100% |
| 2nd preference | 78 | 11 | ● 14% |
| 3rd preference | 33 | 1 | ● 3% |
| Total | 253 | 154 | 61% |
1st preference success by year
County Durham lets families list 3 preferences. Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Louise Colquhoun
- Address
- North Road East, Wingate, TS28 5AX
- Phone
- 01429838783
- Local authority
- County Durham
- Ward / constituency
- Trimdon & Wingate · Easington
- Area
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 149739
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 44% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 2% | — | — |
| SEN support | 16% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 4 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: CONNECT MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST
862 pupils · 1,011 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
No state-school Ofsted inspection on record (independent schools are often inspected by ISI).
View all Ofsted reportsAttendance
2024/2025 school year · 966 pupils
Attendance
90.2%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
9.8%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
28.3%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
5.9%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
4.4%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 48.9 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.30 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 53% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 73% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 4.17 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 47.8 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 51.8% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 67.1% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 1.8% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.83 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 164 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 163 | 16% | 56% | 72% | |
| English Language | 163 | 12% | 48% | 69% | |
| English Literature | 161 | 19% | 57% | 77% | |
| Combined Science | 132 | 5% | 36% | 58% | |
| Art and Design | 125 | 17% | 72% | 98% | |
| Geography | 92 | 25% | 48% | 65% | |
| History | 86 | 27% | 49% | 58% | |
| Biology | 29 | 45% | 93% | 97% | |
| Physics | 29 | 31% | 97% | 97% | |
| Chemistry | 29 | 59% | 97% | 100% | |
| Computer Science | 13 | 15% | 46% | 77% | |
| Music | 10 | 20% | 60% | 80% |
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through County Durham council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.